by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 21, 2022 | 2022, Following Jesus, God, God's Will
Last Saturday (Oct 15th) Bernice and I were privileged to be at an event that celebrated Rev Dr Daniel Chua's 65th birthday. Graceworks was also privileged to help put together the Festschrift to honour him and I had the further privilege to contribute an essay to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 14, 2022 | 2022, Aging, Articles, Third Agers
If I were to ask you how old you were, you would probably answer me with a number. However, a number may not tell me much about yourself except your chronological age. My mum was 94 when she passed away, but for the last ten yours of her life was struggling with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 7, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
The book was good, but the material was intense, and I knew I would need time to process what I was reading. So I “cheated” and read the last chapter. The book was The Connected Life by Todd W. Hall (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2022). What he wrote echoed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 30, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Loving Others, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
A brother came up to me after I had preached a sermon on spiritual friendship. He said that he was very touched by the sermon. He had been in ministry for many years and had been friendly with many people. But that day it had struck him that he had no close personal...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 23, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living
One of the benefits of being an itinerant preacher is that you get to visit many church communities and meet many church leaders; and learn from them. Last weekend we were ministering at the Chapel of the Resurrection and I heard the vicar, Revd David Lee, ask the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Jesus, Jesus' Life, Loving Others, Spiritual Friendship
There is one thing the synoptic gospels agree on — Jesus spent a lot of time eating with “undesirables”, so much so that the religious leaders of the day were upset that He spent so much time with sinners. (For the record, we are all sinners.) The...
